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Worksheet 2 Reality and Science 2 Questions
Parts of Theory
1. Choose a criminology theory and provide examples of the elements of theory from it.
EVALUATING THEORY
2. Evaluate a theory of your choice based on the above theory strengths and weaknesses.
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Instructions
· To complete this Milestone Activity, read the question below and then provide your response in the comment box. In order to score a “Proficient” or “Exemplary”, your response must be thoughtful and substantive, and you must reference or cite content from this competency. Your tutorial faculty will use the rubric to determine if your post shows the depth of thought required to successfully complete this Milestone. Let’s get started.
· Review the attached Sacramento Police Department Crowd & Riot Control Manual. (Please see the attached file)
· Write a written response (1000 words) to the following prompts:
1. Identify and discuss what strengths and limitations the policy manual has regarding community and media relations. Propose corrections, additional definitions, and/or directives that can better ensure a positive relationship with the community during Sacramento Crowd and Riot Control efforts.
2. Identify and discuss what strengths and limitations the policy manual has regarding limiting the challenges on other components and agencies of the justice system. Propose corrections, additional definitions, and/or directives that can better reduce strain on other justice system components and agencies during Sacramento Crowd and Riot Control efforts.
3. Identify and discuss what strengths and limitations the policy manual have with navigating political and government issues. Propose corrections, additional definitions, and/or directives that can better navigate and positively impact political and legislative reactions.
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Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Lorne Gibson, Ed.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor [email protected]
Ph. 608-342-1419
Office: 207 Normal
Lesson 2
Lesson Objectives
Appreciate:
Biases and Overconfidence
Science’s Goals
Major concepts of research
Concepts
Variables
Attributes
Aggregates
Frequencies
Relationship
Causality
Purpose of Research
Reasoning
Qualitative vs Quantitative
Review
It’s so hard to believe in anything anymore…Religion…seems so mythological and so arbitrary; and on the other hand, science is just pure empiricism and by virtue of its method excludes metaphysics…
I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it wasn’t for my
lucky, astrology mood watch.
-- Steve Martin
Steve, I would have to agree. It’s just hard to believe in.
It’s hard to believe in religion (metaphysical)
It’s hard to believe in empiricism
Steve, I can believe.
It’s easy to believe in religion (metaphysical)
It’s easy to believe in empiricism
Class Activity: Confidence
OVERCONFIDENCE
90% confidence
Answer LOW HIGH
Martin Luther King’s age at death ______ ______ ______
Length of Nile River (miles) ______ ______ ______
# of books in Old Testament ______ ______ ______
Diameter of the moon ______ ______ ______
Weight of an empty Boeing 747 ______ ______ ______
Year Mozart was born ______ ______ ______
Gestation period of Asian elephant (days) ______ ______ ______
Deepest known point in ocean (feet) ______ ______ ______
Height of Mt. Everest (feet) ______ ______ ______
Year 1st US college became coed ______ ______ ______
39 years
4187 miles
39 books
2160 miles
390,000 lbs
1756
645 days
36,198 feet
29,028 feet
1833
Overconfidence
Tendency to be more confident than correct
Tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one’s beliefs and judgments
Belief Bias
Premise 1: Some ruthless men deserve a violent death
Premise 2: Osama bin Laden was a ruthless man.
Conclusion: (choose one)
A. Osama bin Laden deserved a violent death
B. Osama bin Laden did not deserve a violent death
C. Neither of these conclusions seems to follow logically.
Problems with Thinking
Confirmation Bias
Tendency to search for information that confirms one’s beliefs
Representativeness Heuristic
Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes
Availability Heuristic
Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory
Belief Perseverance
Clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
Ecological Fallacy – Stereo Types
Inferences about individuals based on group statistics
Science is a Logical Argument/Critical Thinking
Science – assumptions, attitudes, and procedures
for developing and testing ideas about reality
that are adhered to by a professional community (a network of men and women who enforce scientific fidelity) with a shared ethos, or philosophy:
attempt to describe, predict, explain, or engineer empirical (metaphysical??) conditions, events, and behaviors
use systematic procedures
search for causes
suppose to be professionally objective
assume that conclusions are tentative
operate within paradigms
Science’s logical argument involves…..
Scientists as individuals and a community strive to:
eliminate bias by making valid observations and using reliable measuring instruments
demonstrate internal validity (observe what we say we observed, measure what we say we measure)
demonstrate external validity (when/where this observation can/will be observed)
Thinking and Reason
Use Concepts
Mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people
i.e. chair, ball, anger, etc.
Develop Prototypes
Mental image or best example of a category/concept
Matching new items to the prototype provides a quick and easy method for including items in a concept
Variables / Attributes
A variable is a concept that has multiple attributes.
Weather: 20 degrees, 40 degrees, wet, sunny, etc.
People: female, male, tall, short, etc.
Aggregates / Frequencies
Aggregates are groups of subjects.
Subjects are objects that exhibit variable attributes.
Frequencies are the number of observations of a specific attribute.
Variables and Frequencies.
Human
Sex
Male
Human Sex
Human Sex
Human Sex
Human Sex
Human Sex
Male
Male
Human Sex
Human Sex
Human Sex
Human Sex
Human Sex
Human Sex
Male
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Female
Aggregate
Frequencies
Male = 4
Female = 8
Relationships
Attributes of one variable correspond with attributes in another.
Restroom Signs/Observed Gender Entered
| Men | Women | |
| 22 | 0 | |
| 0 | 18 |
Causal Relationships
Does going to the restroom together cause pregnancy?
Restroom company/Gender and Pregnancy Observed
| Pregnant | Not Pregnant | |
| Men 0 Women 14 | Men 11 Women 4 | |
| Men 0 Women 0 | Men 15 Women 18 |
Causality
A causes B if:
a relationship between A and B exists
A comes before B (causal order)
*B does not occur without A (causal necessity)
C did not cause B (rule out alternative cause)
*The nature of concepts is tricky.
Can their be more than one cause for suicide? Depression? Divorce? Etc.
Purposes of Research
Exploration
Description
Explanation
Application
Reasoning
Inductive
Deductive
Qualitative vs Quantitative
Qualitative
Quantitative